Mark 14:53–65

Jesus Before His Accusers

^53aThen they led Jesus away to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes ^*gathered together.

⁵⁴And Peter followed Him at a distance, ^aright into ^bthe courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the ¹officers and ^cwarming himself at the ²fire.

⁵⁵Now the chief priests and the whole ^1aSanhedrin were seeking to obtain testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, and they were not finding any.

⁵⁶For many were giving false testimony against Him, but their testimony was not consistent.

⁵⁷And some, standing up, were giving false testimony against Him, saying,

⁵⁸“We ourselves heard Him say, ‘^aI will destroy this ¹sanctuary made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’”

⁵⁹And not even in this way was their testimony consistent.

⁶⁰And the high priest stood up in their midst and questioned Jesus, saying, “You answer nothing? What are these men testifying against You?”

^61aBut He kept silent and did not answer. ^bAgain the high priest was questioning Him and ^*said to Him, “Are You the ¹Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”

⁶²And Jesus said, “I am; and you shall see ^athe Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and ^bcoming with the clouds of heaven.”

^63aAnd tearing his tunics, the high priest ^*said, “What further need do we have of witnesses?

⁶⁴“You have heard the ^ablasphemy; how does it seem to you?” And they all condemned Him to be deserving of death.

⁶⁵And some began to ^aspit at Him, and ^1bto blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, “^cProphesy!” And the officers ²received Him with ³slaps in the face.